A system of systems framework: Cooperative Maneuvers Manager for Autonomous Vehicles

Systems of Systems (SoS) are complex systems, in which constituent systems are by themselves independent systems, that cooperate to achieve a common goal. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are SoS that seek to achieve better transportation experience for users, by using communication between different users of such systems. In this paper, we present the Cooperative Maneuvers Manager for Autonomous Vehicles (CMMAV), a SoS framework that contributes to the ITS by enabling autonomous vehicles to perform complex maneuvers on highways in a cooperative way. We used Systems of Systems Approach to Context-based Requirements Engineering (SoS-ACRE) to model the system.